South Huish Marsh almost completely frozen over - the flock of 85 WIGEON ( inc the Hybrid ) flew off at 09.45 and spent the rest of the morning on
the sea ( probably warmer ) , 3 TEAL WITH THEM WITH ANOTHER 11 ON THE MARSH . 18 LAPWING , 11 SNIPE , 4

Becoming difficult to decide just how many CATTLE EGRETS there are on the patch . One interesting point the LITTLE EGRETS are now feeding with the
CATTLE EGRETS at the feet of the cattle

THURS 22 FEB

A cold morning with sunny periods and a F3 ENE wind .

First Garden Watch for a few weeks - 07.45 - 08.30 produced 31 species , main interest was a total of 6 CATTLE EGRET & 1LITTLE EGRET flying
over towards South Huish Marsh at 07.50 , a m REED BUNTING & 2 SKYLARK , GREAT SP WOODY best of the rest .At 13.00on Thurlestone Marsh were 2 LITTLE & 1 CATTLE EGRET